Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, volume 1
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, volume 1
Edward Whymper
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2 March 10, 1880. Summit of Antisana (19,335 ft.) . 10.20 a.m. 63"-6 Faht. Do. do. . 10.30 „ 50°-0 „ Do. do. . 10.35 „ 45'' -0 „ Do. do. . 10.45 „ 45°-0 „ Do. do. . 11.15 „ bO^'O „ Do. do. . 11.20 „ 56°*0 „ I used on this occasion tlie thermometer attached to the mercurial barometer ; a mercurial maximum thermometer ; a quick -acting plain mercurial thermometer ; and a spirit minimum thermometer. The first - named of these was verified at Kew Observatory, and was re -compared upon return. I giv...e in Appendix A a facsimile of the Kew certificate of verification. At 10 a.m. on March 9 at the Hacienda of Antisana, temperature in the shade was 43°' 5 Faht.; at 10 a.m. on March 11 it was 45**; and at 11.40 a.m., on the 6th, it was 48^ ' See my remarks on this subject in Apixjndix A. According to La Condamine and Reiss & Stiibel, Antisana is the fourth in rank of the Great Andes of the Equator (La Condamine, 19,313 ; R. & S., 18,885 feet). Digitized by Google CHAP. X.
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